Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Green Card Processing in the U.S. vs Abroad
The Legal Permanent Resident (“LPR”) or green card application process involves at least two steps: 1) the immigrant visa classification petition and 2) screening for admission as a permanent resident. Step two can be pursued in two alternate ways – one from inside...
Wage Requirements for H-1B Employees
U.S. Labor Department (USDOL) regulations affecting the employment of H-1B nonimmigrants require an employer to explicitly document that the H-1B employee is not paid less than American workers in the same position at the employer’s worksite. The pay plus benefits for...
Employer Profitability Needed for Green Card Sponsorship
An employer sponsoring an immigrant for legal permanent residence, or a green card, must provide proof that it has the ability to pay the required wage to the sponsored immigrant employee. Proof of ability to pay must be created from the time the priority date is...
USCIS Seeks Input on Revised EB-5 Capital At Risk Requirement
On June 14, 2016, USCIS released a Policy Alert indicating that it is seeking input on revisions to the USCIS Policy Manual on job creation and capital at risk requirement for investors. These revisions represent the next iteration of USCIS’s draft memorandum dated...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Trump Immigration Appointees, Travel Ban Litigation
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted recently in several publications: Pro Publica, "Trump's Immigration Pick Attacked Obama Programs in Ghost-Written Senate Letters." Mr. Yale-Loehr said the Grassley letters written during Lee Francis...
Miller Mayer Immigration Attorneys to Speak in Ithaca, New Orleans
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will deliver two upcoming presentations at Cornell Law School as part of Cornell reunion. He will co-present on "How to Handle Your First Pro Bono Deportation Case" (CLE program) from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday,...
Recent Fraud Investigations Led to Convictions, USCIS Announced
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) assisted in several recent investigations leading to convictions in immigration fraud cases. In one case, USCIS assisted in an investigation that led to a federal jury finding Jason Shiao guilty in a marriage fraud...
DHS Extends TPS Designation for Haiti
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Haiti for 6 months, from July 23, 2017, through January 22, 2018. Although Haiti has made significant progress in recovering from the January 2010 earthquake...
Fourth Circuit Upholds Rejection of Trump Travel
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a nationwide preliminary injunction rejecting a substantial portion of the Trump administration's revised executive order barring entry into the United States of people from certain countries. Chief Judge...
Miller Mayer at the 2017 Invest in America Summit
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